We will continue this project in 2009, and until FREEDOM & PRIVATE PROPERTY RIGHTS are RESPECTED & RESTORED EVERYWHERE IN THE USA.

THESE ISSUES WILL NEVER GO AWAY!

CLICK HERE for CHRISTMAS PARADE PHOTOS

Click HERE to see Christmas CRUISING in IL & IN PHOTOS

Be sure to CHECK OUT our FUN NEW YEAR'S RESOLUTIONS for

SMOKERS who LOVE SMOKING & ANYONE who LOVES FREEDOM

CLICK HERE:  PAGE 1  ~  PAGE 2

MERRY CHRISTMAS, HAPPY HAUNAKAH, Happy New Year, etc... : )

Following are some close up photos, showing details.  The hood is covered with white lame' fabric with metallic gold sunbursts all over it.  There's a lot of sequined trim, Christmas decorations, and small pieces of (mostly inexpensive) Christmas jewelry.  Many of the beautiful Christmas decorations came from the huge Christmas store in Frankenmuth, Michigan, where we went for the Afghan Hound Club of America National Specialty show in September this year.  The Liberty Van is our dog show van.  SEE OUR DOGS

The very interesting CHART on the hood (next photo) can be seen here:

www.hosanna1.com/smoking/CHARTTrendsHealth-Smoking.gif  DO take a look at that!  It might be a bit more acceptable to give up SO much of our rights and freedoms, and turn such a large percentage of our population into the new 'leper' class (reinstituting SEGREGATION), and turning a large portion of the rest into brainwashed neurotics IF we could hope for some improvements in health.  BUT THAT IS NOT the case.  God hates lies, even if they are about the 'evil' tobacco companies, and even if there is a 'worthy cause', such as stuffing the coffers of big pHARMaceutical, at the expense of our tobacco industry.  See Smoke Kills Poster

Also note, the rest of the following quote, which may not be quite legible in this photo,

'The theory of the communists may be summed up in the single sentence,

ABOLITION OF PRIVATE PROPERTY"- Karl Marx  Also see the John Adams quote,

"Property must be sacred, or liberty cannot exist"

At the lower right corner of the hood is my signature, and my AKA (also my CB handle), 'Smokin' Kentucky Granny'  : )

People usually assume this van is kept in a garage, but, NO, we don't even have a car port.  This van has been outside in ALL the elements since we've owned it.  It's four and a half years old now, with a grand total of 198,000+ miles on it.  I began decorating it three years ago, in December, 2005, about 150,000 miles ago.  We've come a LONG way with it.  To see how it started, CLICK HERE.  Not only that, we live on a farm, and we have a couple dozen barn cats who think they LIVE ON it.  In the close ups, you may see (depending on when pictures taken, and when it was washed!) cat footprints on the windshield.  You also may notice that they use the front and rear bumpers as scratching posts.  : (  If it hasn't rained in a couple of days, I drive 5 MPH in and out of there, because we live on a dirt road, and I want to avoid having to wash it every time it goes anywhere.

close up of front roof of Liberty smokers rights van, Santa Clause  with his pipe, plus parade Christmas decorations, giant candy canes and more.  billboard KEEP ON SMOKIN' smoking

Santa, on the roof, has his PIPE in his hand.  Santa is a SMOKER.  His big black bag behind him is stuffed with COAL for all the bad little anti-smoking nazis.  He doesn't appreciate being forced to stand outdoors in rain, wind, snow, cold, and heat to enjoy HIS after dinner SMOKE.  He must be getting VERY politically incorrect these days, as he's also FAT -- AND JOLLY, AND HE'S WISHING EVERYONE A GREAT BIG MERRY CHRISTMAS!!

close up photo loading....  detail left front fender and mirror.  Liberty Van aka smokers rights van decorated for Christmas parades  Test on picture includes

SMOKING IS HEALTHIER THAN FASCISM

RESISTANCE IS NOT FUTILE, WE WILL NOT BE ASSIMILATED

VOTE PROHIBITIONISTS OUT

9.11 NEVER FORGET

THE 'SMOKING IS HEALTHIER' FABRIC (also covering both mirrors) IS SEQUINED RED LAME', AND THE 'RESISTANCE IS NOT FUTILE' FABRIC IS SILVER SEQUINED LAME'

THE 9/11 FABRIC IS

DEEP RED FAUX

SATIN, AND THE LETTERING IS

BROCADE

THE DRIVER'S SIDE,

WITH OUR HOSANNA AFGHAN HOUNDS SIGN, IS SORT OF THE 'DOG SIDE'.  ON THIS SIDE, THERE IS MORE OF THE ANTI-ANIMAL RADICAL STUFF.  WE ARE BOYCOTTING PETA,  HSUS, LOUISVILLE, KY, ALBUQUERQUE, NM, AND OTHER CITIES DUE TO BAD ANIMAL &/OR  DOG LAWS. ANIMAL RADICALS ARE USING ALMOST IDENTICAL TACTICS AS THE ANTI-SMOKERS TO DEPRIVE US OF OUR RIGHTS TO OWN OUR ANIMALS.  THE ANTI-SMOKING MOVEMENT IS REALLY ABOUT RELIEVING US OF OUR RIGHTS TO OWN & CONTROL OUR BUSINESSES

AND OUR BODIES.  ONE OF HITLER'S NAZI PARTY SLOGANS WAS,

'HEALTH IS DUTY'

THE STRIP ABOVE  THE FRONT WINDOW SAYS, 'ANTI-SMOKERS ARE NEUROTIC, I WON'T HIRE THEM!'

OUR FAMILY IS BOYCOTTING ALL OF THE RED STATES ON THE MAP, PLUS ALL COUNTIES AND CITIES THAT HAVE SMOKING BANS.

SOME OF THE SIGNS, SUCH AS SMOKERS AND FREEDOM LOVERS BOYCOTT, REPEAL SMOKE BAN & EXTORTION TAXES, THE MAP, AND OTHERS, ARE PRINTED ON MY COMPUTER, AND LAMINATED.  I REPLACE THEM AS NECESSARY, AND ALSO CHANGE SOME DEPENDING

ON WHERE WE ARE.

NATIVITY SCENE ON DRIVER SIDE ROOF.   IN SPITE OF THE RECENT ELECTION,  THIS REPRESENTS THE ONLY REAL HOPE FOR REAL CHANGE FOR MANKIND.  Karl Marx said, 'For man the supreme being is man'.  THIS is why some are trying so hard to 'get rid' of God.  Marxists want the GOVERNMENT to be our 'god'.  Beware - study the histories of Russia,  China, and MANY other countries for the results of 'man is god'.  Too many of our elected officials these days DO act as if they think we've elected THEM to BE our God - or at least our nanny.

PASSENGER SIDE - THE 'SMOKING' SIDE

'SPEAKING THE TRUTH IN LOVE' (FROM EPHESIANS 4:15 KJV) IS ON BOTH SIDES, AND EXPRESSES THE SPIRIT OF THIS ENTIRE PROJECT. I REALLY AM TRYING TO BE HELPFUL with all of this!

THE LETTERING IS DONE IN MULTICOLORED MIRRORED LAME', ON MORE LAME'

PASSENGER SIDE

The front bumper says, "Where the spirit of the Lord is, there is Liberty", from II Corinthians  3:17 KJV.  I tell people that's the bottom line.  The bumper is covered with 'Funky Foam', and the lettering is painted with fabric paints (including glow in the dark paint), with lots of glitter.

I've removed the 'parade stuff' now, as I didn't dare drive over 45 MPH with it : ).  I went cruising in Nashville, The People's Republic of Tennessee on New Year's Eve.  At midnight, the van and I were on Broadway, on the Nashville riverfront.  This 4.5 YEAR OLD van started 2009 with 198,790 total miles.  I've added a few pics of the van below, as I also changed a couple of signs.  I sacrificed my Hosanna Afghan Hounds sign (temporarily) for Nashville and a tour of the NE states, as Kentucky is again trying to raise our cigarette tax.  Tennessee did that last year, and not too many folks seem to realize how much that costs EVERYONE.   Cigarette tax increases are EVERY BIT AS BAD for an economy as ANY OTHER tax increase.  This is because it has the effect of sucking resources OUT of the PRODUCTIVE PRIVATE ECONOMY, and INTO the (essentially) PARASITIC GOVERNMENT sector.  EVEN IF you are taxing the 'evil' tobacco, A TAX IS A TAX IS A TAX!

I will definitely visit the Kentucky Statehouse in The People's Republic of Frankfort, KY both going and coming.   This is at the very root of the fallacy of collectivism.  Karl Marx said, "The philosophy of the communists can be summed up in the single sentence, Abolition of private property'.  God says (Exodus 20:15, KJV), 'Thou Shalt Not STEAL'.  That IMPLIES PRIVATE PROPERTY."  Our new president elect said, "I want to spread the wealth around".  SCARY!  What people seem to forget is that governments DO NOT produce wealth.  Businesses and working people DO. 

             SOMEONE MUST CREATE WEALTH BEFORE GOVERNMENTS can redistribute it! 

ALL taxes, no matter how 'worthy' their purpose, suck resources AWAY from our PRODUCTIVE (WEALTH PRODUCING) activities, resulting in LESS FOR EVERYONE.  And, even if, as Marx suggested, we put ALL the 'means of production' into the hands of an all powerful STATE, that can NEVER result in wealth for all, as this system runs contrary to both human nature AND the laws of God (Thou shalt not steal).  People just are NOT highly enough motivated when they don't OWN 'their stuff'.  And, in a free market, BUSINESS FAILURE is the penalty, and SELF CORRECTION when owners mess up.  On the other hand, GOVERNMENT controlled activities are NOT subject to that limit.  THEY are governed by POLITICS.  With the police power of the STATE to confiscate wealth from those who created it, essentially at the point of a GUN,  ever more resources can be poured into failed and failing government institutions, and there is NO remedy for it.  This impoverishes EVERYONE.  If you don't believe this analysis, just check out the history of ANY communist country.

I hope to do another tour of the North Eastern People's Republics of America right after the New Year!    I've got a lovely daughter and son in law, and 5 grandkids, in The People's Republic of Vermont to visit, and Santa is running late, he still has a LOT of coal for the bad little anti-smoking nazis.  We'll tour Washington DC, and check out the statehouses in The People's Republics of Delaware, Maryland, Rhode Island, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Connecticut, Vermont, New Hampshire, Maine, and Ohio.  We'll pass through Kentucky, and West Virginia, and probably be in Virginia in the area of DC.  Look for us on the ROADS!   I'll be handing out more t-shirts, too.  Smokers LOVE them!

Below are pics of a couple of the new year designs I used on the t-shirts I handed out in Nashville on New Year's Eve.

PHOTOS & NEW YEAR PICS & PLANS for our CROSS COUNTRY TRAVELING ART CAR

Liberty Van 2008 Christmas PARADE PHOTOS ~ CHRISTMAS CRUISING '08  in IL & IN PHOTOS

FUN NEW YEAR'S RESOLUTIONS for SMOKERS who LOVE SMOKING   PAGE 1  ~  PAGE 2

Fabric on some of the older sections on the van (some has been there for up to two years or more!) faded from the sun and elements, so I now treat fabric and colored items with a UV protective spray.  All metal is also sprayed with clear acrylic to prevent rust.  The bunches and garlands of silk flowers are treated with both the UV and the clear sprays (to make them wash better), and also each blossom is reinforced with a dab of Automotive Goop, to keep them from flying off when we're doing 70 (or more) on freeways.  Goop is the stuff that holds on all the heavier pieces.  It will hold just about anything just about anywhere, and has extreme temperature tolerance too.  It did not come loose driving across west Texas this summer, in 110 degrees, at 80 MPH.  Yes, the SPEED LIMIT on I-10 across west TX is 80!  And, it will almost always peel OFF the paint without leaving a mark! (on the metal parts, anyway - have lost a bit of paint from plastic parts)

I'm often asked why I'm doing this.  My 'short answers' include:

"I've had it UP TO HERE with the anti-smoking nazis, and this is what *I* am doing about it"  (Then I listen AVIDLY to HEAR what OTHERS are DOING!)

"I'm creatively expressing my first amendment rights"

"I don't want to live in a communist country, and I have six children, and 7 grandchildren (SO FAR!), and I ESPECIALLY don't want THEM to live in a communist country.  Too many people DIED so WE could have a free country." 

THIS IS SURE NOT THE USA I GREW UP IN!  Communism has NEVER worked, and it never CAN work, even if we don't CALL it communism.  The fashion these days is to call it 'socialism' or 'liberalism', but if it walks like a duck, quacks like a duck, and LOOKS like a duck, it's probably... A DUCK! 

For more detailed info, GO TO THE HORSE'S MOUTH, & at the very least, SCROLL DOWN and READ THE TEN 'PLANKS'.  It explains SO MUCH!

The front door below the window says, 'Danger of ETS is a FRAUD!', and SECURE OUR BORDERS.

Below that is (same on both front doors), "ANTI-smoking is a SCAM.  HEALTH LIES STUFF COFFERS OF DRUG COMPANIES, LAWYERS, AND THE ANTI-SMOKING INDUSTRY", and

42 YR / 3 PK/DAY SMOKER - I'D RATHER FIGHT THAN QUIT.  The driver's side door also has

STOP EMINENT DOMAIN ABUSE, and  'I SMOKE AND I VOTE', and 'MOM'S TAXI' stickers. 

RE: REPEAL SMOKE BAN & EXTORTION TAXES

Danger of SMOKE is a LIE (see www.forces.org) for a data ARSENAL of PROOF!)

     Also see one of the several flyers I've been distributing as I travel, about the

     FORMAL COMPLAINTS FILED AGAINST 2006 Surgeon General's Report PAGE 1  ~ PAGE 2

& CA ban cost 100 Bil $ (yes, that's 100 BILLION DOLLARS (SO FAR

     The People's Republic of California has had a state wide ban for about 10 years now)

      Folks, EVERY STATE, COUNTY, AND CITY with a smoking ban is LOSING a TON of money from the BROAD BASE of our economy, the SERVICE sector, which includes the HOSPITALITY industry, because of SMOKING (PROHIBITION) BANS.  Though the media usually focuses on restaurants and bars, ALL 'recreational', and/or DISCRESSIONARY businesses are affected.  TENS of MILLIONS of folks just plain DO NOT WANT to quit smoking, in spite of about 30 years of junk 'science' and propaganda, disinformation, & lies - & BILLIONS of pHARMaceutical industry dollars, & (by now) BILLIONS of YOUR TAX dollars spent on it.  There is JUST NO WAY to FORCE those who smoke to pay money - especially for RECREATION, to be treated like lepers, & made uncomfortable by denying them their DAILY COMFORT. 

ONE OF THE STICKERS I HAND OUT AS I TRAVEL WITH THE VAN.  SMOKERS LOVE THESE!  GET SOME HERE: FREE GRAPHICS FOR SMOKERS

Our whole family quit flying when the airline smoking bans started. I have a husband and SIX kids - we used to spend two or three thousand dollars/year with airlines.  We've saved about $30,000 since none of us ever got on another airplane. Smokers who still fly do so far less often than before, renting a car if it's less than 500 miles, for instance. And, within 2-3 years of these bans, EVERY AIRLINE IN AMERICA WENT BANKRUPT - & YOU TAXPAYERS BAILED THEM OUT.  Our family also quit going to movies, bowling, theme parks.  WHY does anyone think I'm going to pay $50+/ticket to spend an exhausting & stressful (even if FUN) day with a bunch of kids, with NO SMOKES? Do you think I'm crazy??? 

A few years ago, in The People's Republic of California, all 12 Six Flags parks were FOR SALE.  They were LOSING MONEY.  They had gone 'smoke free' the year before, to be more 'family friendly'.  Guess what they forgot???  SMOKERS HAVE FAMILIES. And, if we believe the demographics, that more smokers are from 'lower socioeconomic' groups, GUESS WHO HAS THE MOST children??? I have 6 kids and 7 (so far) grandkids.  And remember, 'If Momma ain't happy, ain't NOBODY happy'.  Guess where we DO NOT eat if we have KIDS WITH us (husband smokes TOO), and I don't want kids  eating in my vehicle?  Yup, NO FAST FOOD - NO McDONALDS if I have kids with me!  Business people, it is VERY SHORT SIGHTED to believe the low numbers of smokers the propaganda people put out.  You are losing NOT ONLY your SMOKING customers, but ALSO in many cases, SMOKER'S FAMILIES AND FRIENDS!  Here is an HONEST report about the REAL COSTS of SMOKING BANS (prohibition) CLICK HERE - FREE REPORT  MANY OTHER states are NOW LOSING HUGE MONEY, because they have FAILED to PAY ATTENTION to WHAT'S HAPPENING to the economy in The People's Republic of California.  The ECONOMY of the USA was going DOWN BEFORE the gas prices went haywire - and BEFORE the MORTGAGE and BANK crisis.  SMOKING BAN LOSSES NATIONWIDE IS ONE REASON WHY!

On top of all that, smokers ARE getting TIRED and TICKED OFF with SEGREGATION & DISCRIMINATION- even though it's now smokers, instead of black people.  The traffic on my SMOKERS BOYCOTT webpage has been TRIPLING EVERY WEEK lately!  Boycotting IS NOT the reason for losses due to bans in the above report.  Simple behavior changes of 10s of millions of smokers, NOT going where they are NOT comfortable is, but certainly by now BOYCOTTING is ADDING to those losses, at least to some degree.

(MORE PHOTOS and NEW YEARS PLANS BELOW - The things I'm writing here are the kinds of things I am thinking of when I make these signs for the Liberty Van.  They are also the kinds of things I talk to folks about as I travel.)

As I've traveled over most of the USA for more than 3 years, and more than 150,000 miles (since I started decorating it) with this van, and covering most of the biggest cities in the USA, literally GAZILLIONS of people have taken pictures of it.  This is possibly the MOST PHOTOGRAPHED vehicle in the entire USA, or perhaps even the WORLD.  Everywhere it goes, even on the freeways, it seems like half the people going by in cars & trucks, and pedestrians on streets, and people in parking lots, are waving cameras or cell phones at it.  At night, flashes are going off all over. 

Most of the people who DO NOT seem to agree with me are SMILING and TAKING LOTS of pictures.  Smokers are hanging out windows on freeways from Maine to Florida to California, cheering, and even sometimes blowing kisses at me.  I am entertaining LOTS of people, and it's a lot of FUN.  I'm not sure why, but so far, almost NO one has SHARED any of these pictures with me.  That's why you are mostly stuck with my poor photography in these web pages.  <G>

Though this van has been in a few local newspapers, and once (at least) on a local TV news, they managed to completely leave out (on TV, or seriously GARBLE - in the case of one local newspaper) the ISSUES involved. There seems to be a near total media BLACKOUT on The Liberty Van.  I'm telling THE REAL TRUTH here, and there are those who DON'T want you to have that.  And, folks, this IS NOT about 'me'.  It's ABOUT THESE ISSUES.  I couldn't care less if *I* ever got in the news. I am SICK and TIRED of seeing and hearing LIES from EVERY AVAILABLE media.  God HATES LIES, even if they are about the 'evil' tobacco companies, and even if there is a 'worthy cause', such as stuffing the coffers of the drug industry, at the expense of our tobacco industry - and our ENTIRE ECONOMY.  Not to mention all the other 'politically correct' scams and hoaxes being perpetrated on the people via the media, including 'climate change/global warming', the animal radical ('rights') movement, the war on God, the invasion of our country by illegals, abuses of eminent domain, and all the rest.

You may wonder just how SO MANY LIES can be spread by our media, and SO LITTLE truth and yes, TOO MANY people are GULLIBLE - TOO MANY BELIEVE THEM.  Yes, we supposedly have a 'free' country, and our media is called 'free', because it is not owned by the government. However, I guess we can forget, it is ALL OWNED by SOMEONE - and THOSE someone(s) have AGENDAS.  I've done a LOT of research for years now, in a LOT of these areas, and in one life time will probably never get around to it ALL. Therefore, I'm not sure if the undue influence I see by certain industries & groups over our media is due to their outright ownership, or too much influence of their advertising dollars, or a combination of both.  It is clear to me that there is WAY too much influence of Big pHARMaceutical, and this is causing MUCH PHYSICAL HARM to PEOPLE, plus if we don't get a lid on them, we may all eventually end up SERFS of the multi-national DRUG companies.  And smoking bans are NOT really about health, or smoking, they are about taking away our FREEDOM.  They set precedent that will result in loss of freedom to CONTROL our business property.  "He that would make his own liberty secure, must guard even his enemy from opposition; for if he violates this duty he establishes a precedent that will reach himself."  ~ Thomas Paine

AND these smoking ban laws ARE UNconstitutional! 

"US Supreme Court Decision - Private property rights - Lloyd Corp. v. Tanner, 407 U.S. 551 (1972),

"In a U.S. Supreme court decision during the early 1970's.............., the Supreme Court said a place of business does not become public property just because the public is invited in.  By that same reasoning, a restaurant or bar is not public property."

http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?court=us&vol=407&invol=551

There is also WAY TOO MUCH influence by the so called 'new world order' people, and MARXISTS.  This is why it seems the media lopsidedly supports the illegal invasion of our country, even though at least 85% of THE PEOPLE DO NOT.  THIS is why there is so much 'democracy' talk, even though OUR Pledge of Allegiance says, 'And to the REPUBLIC for which it stands', our CONSTITUTION says NOT ONE WORD about 'democracy' - we have a CONSTITUTIONAL REPUBLIC - NOT the same thing at ALL, and KARL MARX was the one who said, 'We must win the war for democracy'.  That was his plan for taking a country over from within, without firing a shot.  Democracy is a formalized 'mob rule', where the majority may VOTE AWAY the rights of minorities. And, once a populace figures out they can vote themselves money from the public treasury, democracies ALWAYS GO BANKRUPT.  SMELL THE COFFEE, folks, WHAT DO YOU see happening here???  Democracy is a most UNstable form of government that has NEVER in ALL history WORKED, leaving a vacuum that can be filled by MARXISM.  We are witnessing, and LIVING, the takeover of the USA by Marxism, and the merging of the USA with a WORLD Marxist government.  If you don't believe me, PLEASE READ THIS (CLICK HERE) - at LEAST scroll down and read the TEN PLANKS.  Our two (no longer very different!) 'main' political parties (the republicRATS) are a BIG part of the problems.  PLEASE SEE THIS TOO! (CLICK HERE)

PROPAGANDA & PSYCOLOGICAL TACTICS are being used to MANIPULATE YOU (ALL of us) into falling into line.  Here's HOW THAT WORKS (CLICK HERE).  I don't know about you, but I HATE being LIED to, and I HATE being MANIPULATED.  Communism has most often been installed and maintained by COERCION.  In the USA, they are using DECEPTION and TRICKERY.  It still WILL NEVER WORK.  It CAN NOT EVER work, as it is opposite the laws of God, and God is still in control.  We can ignore REALITY all we want to, God did give us a free will.  BUT there are CONSEQUENCES to IGNORING REALITY, and WE ARE ALREADY SUFFERING THEM.

BELOW are MORE PHOTOS & New Year's Plans. 

BY THE WAY, THIS IS HAPPENING IN MANY STATES, and MUCH WORSE than in Kentucky.   If Kentucky is sucking 2.2 billion dollars/year out of their general economy with a 27 CENT cigarette tax increase (which, by the way, was a 3,000% increase!), HOW MUCH do you think that is in OTHER states, with MUCH HIGHER cigarette taxes, and MUCH BIGGER populations???  The Master Settlement Agreement (tobacco settlement) is ALSO sucking about $2.50/pack out of the GENERAL economy. Remember, the Federal Government sent out REBATE checks to 'help stimulate the economy' BEFORE the gas, mortgage, and banking 'crises'.  In addition to the billions being lost in smoking ban areas, MANY STATES have been SUCKING BILLIONS of dollars out of THEIR economies with some of the most MASSIVE TAX INCREASES in ALL of American history, for the past several years.  NO one is talking about the effect of THAT on our economy, as it's all 'on smokers' (they ERRONEOUSLY think).  NEWS FLASH: SMOKERS ARE NOT the Federal Government. They don't print themselves up more money to pay extortion, they SHIFT ALL THAT SPENDING FROM SOME OTHER PART of their budgets!  It comes out of EVERYONE'S pockets.  No matter WHAT BUSINESS YOU are in, YOU are LOSING A FORTUNE because SMOKERS are PAYING EXTORTION.  The ONLY reason the economy of The People's Republic of California (and other states) stayed afloat as long as it did under this HUGE burden is THANKS to the Native Americans and the BOOTLEGGERS.  YES, it seems we DID NOT LEARN A THING from ALCOHOL prohibition & Al Capone, (or DRUG prohibition, for that matter), and we are REPEATING HISTORY.   

As for drug prohibition, NO I am neither a participant nor an advocate of 'recreational drugs', but as a TAXPAYER, I am SICK AND TIRED of paying taxes to keep our jails FULL of folks who got busted for drugs.  We've spent BILLIONS of dollars on our 'war on drugs', which we are obviously NEVER going to win, and so far as I can see, the main purpose is to PROTECT THE FINANCIAL INTERESTS of Big pHARMaceutical.  Let's try and learn from our original 'communist state', The People's Republic of California.  Faced with a HUGE (TENS of billion$ of dollars) DEFICIT, Governor Schwarzenegger is EVEN NOW releasing 10s of thousands of prisoners early, and tens of thousands of them WITHOUT parole supervision.  And GUESS WHICH prisoners he is releasing??? NOT the ones who got busted for drugs, NO, he's releasing wife beaters, robbers, and CHILD MOLESTERS.  I saw this on Los Angeles TV news just last night.  And, it's easier for kids to get hold of illegal drugs than cigarettes!  This is because the government has NO CONTROL of the drugs, and NEVER will have so long as they're 'illegal'.  We would SAVE A LOT of money if we provided treatment for those who get in serious trouble with drugs RATHER than making them criminals, and could PAY for that treatment with TAX REVENUES from the drugs.  PROHIBITION NEVER works, it ONLY makes RICH CRIMINALS.

And just WHO is promoting and pushing for prohibition of everything from cigarettes to vitamins???  The DRUG INDUSTRY!  Yes, a REAL EVIL going on right now, that NO one is talking about, is the way big businesses now use their financial influence and lobbying to gain ADVANTAGE over THEIR COMPETITORS, and even run them right out of business - at the EXPENSE of CONSUMERS.  Check these out:  www.consumerfreedom.com

By the way, I also just saw a CREEPY new commercial on California TV in the past few days.  It seems the new strategy for the ANTI-GUN people will be an attempt to 'save the children' by taking away guns from the law abiding.  They are attempting to use GUNS as a scapegoat for DRUG crimes.  Yes, this commercial says, GUNS KILL BABIES, and shows a mom, with babe in arms, and babe gets shot.  The DO NOT mention that almost ALL of these so called 'drive by' shootings are due to the war on DRUGS.  They are almost NEVER perpetrated by the average, law abiding gun owner. They are perpetrated by CRIMINALS, who of course also DO NOT obey gun laws.  Taking away our guns is NOT about 'public saftey'.  It's about dissarming the American public, before enough people manage to figure out what's REALLY going on here!

A LARGE part of the bad mortgages, and failed banks causing our current economic crises happen to be... GUESS WHERE?   YES, in The People's Republic of California, where they wouldn't know what a private property right was if it came up and bit them in the rear.  I know, I lived out there myself about 40 years ago, and have been running back and forth to Lost Angeles for the past 40 years, as my parents lived there, until my dad passed away a couple of years ago.  NOW California is one of the first to be pressuring the FEDERAL government to BAIL THEM out.  Yes, that's right, having made a complete mess, and being a main player in sinking the ENTIRE economy of our ENTIRE country, now they want TAX dollars from THE REST of the USA (that's YOUR money!) to bail THEIR FLOUNDERING COMMUNIST STATE out.

I have had an idea on how to deal with our People's Republic of California.  Once upon a time, when they were our only communist state, it didn't seem a real issue. Those of us in other states could say, 'What else can you expect from the land of fruits and nuts', and 'Thank God I don't have to live in California'.  But in recent years, they have been EXPORTING their communism to OTHER states.  A new axiom is 'BAD LAW THERE TODAY ==> BAD LAW HERE TOMORROW'.  This is NOT acceptable, and threatens to bankrupt the USA completely. 

It's time for a REAL change.  Let's SELL The People's Republic of California to Mexico!  We can PAY OFF THE NATIONAL DEBT with the money.  Pelosi and Boxer, et all can screw up the MEXICAN government, instead of our's.  Maybe they can get Mexico to not drill THEIR own oil, and Mexico can pay $5/gallon.  AND - BONUS - CA is already 'occupied Mexico'.  WHAT A GREAT IDEA!  This is WIN WIN WIN if I ever saw it!  I don't have time, but if SOMEONE will put this in at Mr. Obama's www.change.org, and send me the link, I promise to PROMOTE it will ALL I have!

Along the lowest part of both sides, there is a long sign that goes across both doors. 

"US CITIZENS ARE SOVEREIGN, NOT CHATTEL (PROPERTY) OF THE STATE", AND

"OUTDOOR SMOKE BANS ARE IDIOTIC AND MEAN SPIRITED".

IF YOU ARE SICK AND TIRED OF THE ANTI-SMOKERS, AND/OR THE 'NANNY STATE' IN GENERAL, PLEASE JOIN FORCES INTERNATIONAL  www.forces.org

Fight Ordinances & Restrictions for Controlling & Eliminating Smoking

AMONG THE SIGNS THAT MAY NOT BE QUITE LEGIBLE IN THIS PHOTO ARE:

DON'T STOP SMOKING

SECURE OUR BORDERS

ASP - AMERICAN SMOKER'S PARTY BUMPER STICKER

THIS VEHICLE INSURED BY

SMITH & WESSON

GOD BLESS OUR TRUCKERS

MERRY CHRISTMAS FROM

HOSANNA AFGHAN HOUNDS

SMOKER ON STRIKE

another SCAM:

GLOBAL WARMING ALARMISM - LOST JOBS, MORE TAXES, LESS FREEDOM

&

PETS ARE PRIVATE PROPERTY - PAWS OFF!

WHERE EVER I GO, IT'S ALWAYS A TON OF FUN TO WATCH PEOPLE READING THIS VEHICLE!